Price level (GDP price Index 2012-100) Pocential AS 130 GDP 120 110 100 90 AD 19.0 195 20.0 20.5 21.0 21.5 Real GDP (trillions of 2012 dollars) In the figure above, the economy is at an equilibrium with real GDP of $20 trillion and a price level of 110. As the economy moves toward its ultimate equilibrium, the curve shifts because O a. aggregate supply; leftward; the money wage rate rises O b. aggregate supply; rightward; the money wage rate falls O c. aggregate demand; leftward; the money wage rate rises d. potential GDP; leftward; the money wage rate falls O e. aggregate demand; rightward; the money wage rate falls

Price level (GDP price Index 2012-100) Pocential AS 130 GDP 120 110 100 90 AD 19.0 195 20.0 20.5 21.0 21.5 Real GDP (trillions of 2012 dollars) In the figure above, the economy is at an equilibrium with real GDP of $20 trillion and a price level of 110. As the economy moves toward its ultimate equilibrium, the curve shifts because O a. aggregate supply; leftward; the money wage rate rises O b. aggregate supply; rightward; the money wage rate falls O c. aggregate demand; leftward; the money wage rate rises d. potential GDP; leftward; the money wage rate falls O e. aggregate demand; rightward; the money wage rate falls

Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter7: Production And Growth

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